Yale University

Chronology of Coverage

May. 12, 2015

Stephen A Schwarzman, co-founder of asset management firm The Blackstone Group, gifts $150 million to Yale University to transform campus building Commons and its two attached spaces into performing arts center and hub for academic and general public use; New Haven looks to benefit from project since university is Connecticut city's biggest employer and tourist draw. MORE

Apr. 30, 2015

Dante de Blasio, son of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, elects to attend Yale University, ending speculation about his choice of colleges. MORE

Apr. 14, 2015

Two federal lawsuits filed by seven plaintiffs accuse former Yale School of Medicine professor Dr Rex L Mahnensmith of sexual harassment going back more than a decade; Mahnensmith had been removed as medical director of New Haven Dialysis Clinic over harassment complaints, and was subsequently forced to resign from Yale in 2014 as officials attempted to handle case quietly, but suit throws full light on situation. MORE

Apr. 12, 2015

Poem To Become a Bridge by Yale student Travis Reginal contemplates his experience of being the first in the family to attend college. MORE

Mar. 28, 2015

Boston beats Yale, 3-2, in overtime, in first round of NCAA men's hockey tournament; other results noted. MORE

Mar. 15, 2015

Harvard men's college basketball team defeats Yale, 53-51, in Ivy League playoff. MORE

Mar. 7, 2015

Mar. 5, 2015

Internal investigation conducted by Yale University clears unnamed officer of wrongdoing for incident in which he drew his gun, detained a student and ordered him to the ground; school nonetheless recognizes that episode was painful one for student, Tahj Blow, son of New York Times columnist Charles M Blow. MORE

Feb. 28, 2015

Princeton beats Yale, 67-49, to continue their undefeated season in women's college basketball. MORE

Feb. 21, 2015

Yale men's basketball team defeats Cornell, 62-51; other men's and women's college basketball scores noted. MORE

Feb. 15, 2015

Yale University bans Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity from campus until August 2016 for violations of university's policy on sexual misconduct, and for efforts to hinder inquiry into February 2014 incident. MORE

Feb. 13, 2015

Yale starting forward Brandon Sherrod, who has always had passion for music, takes year off school and basketball team after accepting position with prestigious a cappella group Whiffenpoofs; can rejoin team next year, but will not get to play as senior with familiar teammates. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

Johnson & Johnson announces collaboration with Yale University to give outside researchers access to detailed clinical trial data about its medical devices; National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine separately urges sharing of study data with outside researchers by all sponsors of clinical trials soon after a product is approved; industry has resisted sharing data, concerned about trade secrets and patient privacy. MORE

Jan. 11, 2015

Yale defeats Harvard, 4-1, in men's college hockey game at Madison Square Garden. MORE

Jan. 10, 2015

Harvard University ice hockey team is preparing to face Yale at Madison Square Garden; Harvard has not beaten Yale since 2012, but leads overall series. MORE

Dec. 27, 2014

Yale University's $20 million renovation of entrance hall of its Gothic-style Sterling Memorial Library has revealed spectacular appearance of building when it first opened in 1930; hall, once just a passageway, has been transformed into stunning study hall. MORE

Dec. 9, 2014

Dec. 6, 2014

Yale defeats UConn, 45-44, in men's college basketball; other men's college basketball scores noted. MORE

Nov. 23, 2014

Harvard prevails over Yale, 31-24, capping 10-0 season and earning the Ivy League title outright with a 7-0 conference mark. MORE

Nov. 16, 2014

College Football East Roundup; Yale’s offense rumbles to a 44-30 victory over Princeton for the 100th anniversary Yale Bowl; other college football scores noted. MORE

Nov. 15, 2014

Yale Medical School removes Dr Michael Simons as director of its Cardiovascular Research Center after finding of sexual harassment in nearly five-year-old case involving postdoctoral researcher Annarita Di Lorenzo. MORE

Nov. 2, 2014

Sexual harassment case that has been unfolding without public notice for nearly five years within Yale School of Medicine has roiled institution and led to new allegations that university is insensitive to instances of harassment against women; case, which involves former head of cardiology department, comes as dozens of colleges are under federal scrutiny for their handling of sexual misconduct allegations against students. MORE

Nov. 2, 2014

Campus Corner; Yale Bowl celebrates 100th anniversary of its construction and first scrimmage in 1914; was first stadium in nation to be built in the shape of a bowl; other college football scores and news noted. MORE

Oct. 26, 2014

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor and Samuel Alito attend reunion weekend at Yale Law School and take part in three-way public conversation about lessons learned in their roles on America's high court. MORE

Oct. 25, 2014

Profile of Yale running back Tyler Varga, who at times has appeared to be unstoppable; Varga has rushed for 12 touchdowns, which is more than all but four players in Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision combined; his rushing yards per game are the most in the Ivy League by 52; in only 19 career games, Varga is seventh in Yale history with 2,082. MORE

Sep. 28, 2014

College Football East Roundup; Yale upsets Army, 49-43 in overtime; other scores noted. MORE

Sep. 25, 2014

Yale University reports that its fund had earned 20.2 percent return for fiscal year, big payoff for strategy that was criticized in wake of financial crisis; Harvard names Stephen Blyth to succeed Jane L Mendillo as chief executive of its investment arm. MORE

Sep. 21, 2014

College Football East Roundup; Yale beats Lehigh, 54-43, in its season opener; other college football scores noted. MORE

Sep. 8, 2014

Yale's chief investment officer David F Swensen has asked its money managers to assess how investments could affect climate change and suggested that they avoid companies that do not take sensible 'steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions'; strategy is part of program announced at Yale that includes $21 million capital investment for energy conservation. MORE

Mar. 7, 2014

Harvard is looking for another Ivy League basketball title but Yale has a chance to tie for the title and force a one-game playoff for an automatic bid in NCAA tournament; since 2008, Cornell and then Harvard have loosened Penn and Princeton's stranglehold on the Ivy League title with a more athletic, up-tempo style of play. MORE

Feb. 22, 2014

Yale University Police Department receives anonymous reports that two undergraduate students were sexually assaulted at an off-campus party in February; reports follow university's efforts to to shed reputation of having what 2011 federal complaint called hostile sexual environment. MORE

Jan. 22, 2014

Shutdown of course comparison website by Peter Xu and Harry Yu, twin brothers who are seniors at Yale University, turns campus issue into something of a free speech cause; petitions circulate against shutdown and Sean Haufler, another senior in computer science, builds a workaround that makes Yale’s disapproval effectively irrelevant. MORE

Jan. 19, 2014

Exhibit Stage Designs by Ming Cho Lee, at the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven, features over 90 models, sketches and photographic reproductions by influential set designer Lee. MORE

Jan. 12, 2014

Yale beats Harvard, 5-1, in 239th game of their men's hockey rivalry. MORE

Jan. 7, 2014

Connecticut medical examiner's office reports that death of Yale University Professor Samuel See, who was found deceased in a New Haven jail cell, was due to an accidental drug overdose; See had been jailed after being arrested at his home for violating a protection order against his husband. MORE

Dec. 19, 2013

Questions linger regarding death of Samuel See, assistant English professor at Yale University who was found dead in a New Haven jail cell following domestic dispute with his husband; investigators are now examining the circumstances of his arrest and death, to see if he had been ill or injured and to determine whether authorities are blame in any way. MORE

Nov. 24, 2013

College Football East Roundup; Harvard beats Yale, 34-7, to earn share of Ivy League title; other scores noted. MORE

Nov. 17, 2013

College Football East Roundup; Princeton clinches at least a share of its first Ivy League title since 2006 and re-establishes a long if inconsistent football tradition with a 59-23 homecoming victory against Yale; other scores noted. MORE

Nov. 1, 2013

The group will become quartet-in-residence at the Yale School of Music, ending its association with Princeton. MORE

Oct. 20, 2013

College Football East Roundup; Fordham improves to 8-0 for the first time with a 52-31 victory at Yale; Fordham receiver Sam Ajala sets school record with 282 yards receiving and ties another with four touchdown catches; other results noted. MORE

Sep. 14, 2013

Yale University releases document that details eight hypothetical situations in which fictional students navigate sexual encounters, in effort to clarify both morality of certain situations and university's sexual misconduct policies; each narrative is followed by explanation of whether actions described violate school's code. MORE

Aug. 16, 2013

Federal appeals court rules in favor of Yale University in lawsuit filed by South Korea's prestigious Dongguk University over fraudulent resume from applicant Shin Jeong-ah indicating she had earned doctorate in art history at Yale; ruling acknowledges Yale mistakenly confirmed the credential but that because no malice was involved, Yale is not liable for subsequent damages to Dongguk's reputation and funding. MORE

Aug. 12, 2013

William F Buckley Jr Program, conservative group at Yale University, has historic new address, William H Taft Mansion, thanks to $500,000 from a single, unnamed donor. MORE

Aug. 4, 2013

Travis Reginal, student who was accepted into Yale after attending William B Murrah High School in Jackson, Miss, which is 97 percent African American and 67 percent low-income, reflects on his journey to one of nation's elite campuses and why smart, low-income students rarely apply to top colleges. MORE

Aug. 4, 2013

Poem MotherFather by Travis Reginal, which reflects during his first days at Yale on his mother's love and father's absence. MORE

Jul. 3, 2013

Yale University wins trademark infringement lawsuit against modest Yale Academy, which helps students cram for college entrance exams; Terry Yang, academy's founder, which will become Y2 Academy, says he never meant to confuse anyone or infringe on famous university. MORE

Jun. 17, 2013

Yale University has acquired vast and renowned collection of English lawbooks and legal manuscripts assembled by the barrister Anthony Taussig; collection, comprising around 400 legal manuscripts and 200 printed books, is widely considered world’s most important private collection of rare material relating to cultural and intellectual history of English law. MORE

Jun. 5, 2013

James R Van de Velde, former Yale lecturer who was implicated in brutal death of student Suzanne Jovin in 1998, is rebuilding his life and his long legal battle to clear his name has now reached some conclusion; he has reached a settlement with Yale and City of New Haven, which is the last step in his search for public and personal redemption. MORE

Jun. 4, 2013

James Van de Velde, Yale University lecturer who was identified as a suspect in 1998 killing of student Suzanne Jovin, has settled his lawsuit against the university and the New Haven Police Department; Van de Velde, who was never charged, claims in lawsuit that being named a suspect violated his civil rights and damaged his reputation, career and health. MORE

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